A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to up to 67 years in prison for beating his girlfriend's 3-year-old son.

A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to up to 67 years in prison for beating his girlfriend's 3-year-old son.

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Updated: 6:26 PM EDT Aug 14, 2014

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WEBVTT LINSCOTT, WENT TO FLORIDA. ANDY HERSHBERGER WITH MORE NOW FROM THE COURTHOUSE. JAMES WAS TREATED LIKE A CAGED ANIMAL. STRONG WORDS FROM THE JUDGE, DIRECTED AT CONVICTED CHILD ABUSER, ROLAND DOW. AT HIS SENTENCING HEARING, PROSECUTORS TALKED ABOUT HOW 3-YEAR-OLD JAMES NICHOLSON ENDURED WEEKS OF EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AT DOW'S HANDS. THAT RESULTED IN BLINDNESS AND BRAIN DAMAGE. FOR WHATEVER REASON, GOD ONLY KNOWS, THIS MAN HATED JAMES. HE HATED HIM. AND HE BEGAN HIS RANTS AGAINST THE TODDLER. THE VICTIM WAS THE SON OF DOW'S GIRLFRIEND, JESSICA LINSCOTT. SHE PLED GUILTY TO LESSER CHARGES AND TESTIFIED FOR THE STATE, ADMITTING ON THE STAND THAT SHE ASSAULTED THE BOY, BUT ONLY TO SAVE HIM FROM MORE SAVAGE BEATINGS INFLICTED BY DOW. WHY IS IT THAT THEY COME IN HERE AND THEY PORTRAY HER AS SOMEHOW BEING BLAME IN THIS, AND WANT TO PIN IT OFF ON HIM. THAT'S NOT JUSTICE, JUDGE. HE KNOWS WHILE HE'S LOCKED UP HE DOES NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIM BEING ABUSIVE TO HIM ANY MORE. SO HE'S PETRIFIED. JAMES IS NOW LIVING WITH FAMILY AND IS ON THE ROAD TO MAKING A FULL RECOVERY. THE JUDGE SENTENCED DOW TO A MINIMUM OF 25 AND A HALF YEARS BEHIND BARS. THE DEFENDANT'S BEHAVIOR WAS A DISSIC, IT -- SADISTIC, IT WAS DEPRAVED. IT WAS SO SAD, BUT IT WAS AS WELL DELIBERATE AND SICK. DOW WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE UNTIL HE'S ALMOST 54

Dow sentenced to decades in prison for abusing boy

A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to up to 67 years in prison for beating his girlfriend's 3-year-old son.